«Breaking News» Cars separate on NYC-bound Amtrak train leaving passengers stranded

Passengers on a New York City-bound Amtrak train became stranded for two hours on the night before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year, when two of its cars separated. There were no reports of injuries.

Train 68, called the Adirondack, was heading from Montreal, when it experienced what Amtrak called a 'mechanical issue' just before 7:30 p.m. near Albany, New York.

Chuck Reeves, a software engineer from Troy, New York, was on his way to his parents' home on Long Island for Thanksgiving and had boarded the first car behind the locomotive in Albany. 

Shortly after the train pulled away, he said, he and other passengers heard a pop and a hiss, smelled electrical burning, and felt a rush of cold air as the cars behind them ripped away. 

Passengers looked back and saw that the car behind them was suddenly gone. The New York City-bound Amtrak train separated about 25 miles south of the Albany-Rensselaer station

Passengers stand behind the railroad conductor as they wait before being transferred to another train dispatched and connected, in the background, to their cars

'Everyone started turning around,' he said, only to see there was no more train behind them. 

The engine soon slowed to a stop, and a conductor left the detached cars behind and boarded his car.

On the cars that got separated, a quick-thinking passenger pulled the emergency brake to prevent them from running away, other passenger said. 

'When the carts disconnected, I felt a rumble. I thought, 'Oh God this can't be good.' Next thing you knew we were stopped in the middle of the tracks,' one passenger told Fox News. 

With plunging temperatures and rising tensions on the stranded train cars, two people nearly got in a fight before the crew intervened, the passenger said. 

Some crying children were comforted by their parents, Reeves said, but for the most part no one panicked. A state trooper soon boarded to make sure everyone was safe.

Passengers wait as they were transferred to another train dispatched and connected, in the background, after two cars were separated outside of Ravena, about 25 miles south of Albany

Another train was brought in to take passengers on the rest of their journey. 

When the replacement train arrived at Penn Station, there were tearful family reunions. 

Reeves said he opted to turn back home and have his brother drive him to his parents' home on Thursday.

The train was carrying 287 passengers and crew. There was no word on what caused the problem. 

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Main photo article Passengers on a New York City-bound Amtrak train became stranded for two hours on the night before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year, when two of its cars separated. There were no reports of injuries.
Train 68, called the Adirondack, was heading from Montreal, when it...

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